Hiberno-English

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An example of a man with a non-local Dublin accent (Dara Ó Briain)

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An example of a woman from Connacht with a supraregional Irish accent (Mary Robinson)

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An example of a man with a non-local (advanced) Dublin accent (Donal MacIntyre)

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Hiberno-English^[a] or Irish English (IrE),^[5] also formerly sometimes called Anglo-Irish,^[6] is the set of English dialects native to Ireland, here including the whole island: both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.^[7] In both regions, English is the dominant first language in everyday use and one of two official languages, along with the Irish language.

Irish English's writing standards, such as its spelling, align with British English.^[8] However, Irish English's diverse accents and some of its grammatical structures and vocabulary are unique, including certain notably conservative phonological features: features no longer common in the accents of England or North America. It shows significant influences from the Irish language and, in the north, the Scots language.

Phonologists today often divide Irish English into four or five overarching dialects or accents:^[9][10] Ulster or Northern Irish accents, Western and Southern Irish accents (like Cork accents), various Dublin accents, and a non-regional standard accent (outside of Ulster) whose features are shifting since only the last quarter of the 20th century onwards.

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